Reasons to take your phone onto the water

We paddle for lots of reasons, we keep fit through training programs, we improve our mental health through escapism and most of all we just have fun! Every one of you reading this, will also have your own goals, aims and personal reasons!

As paddlers we built Paddle Logger to unobtrusively record what we were doing on the water allowing us to concentrate on paddling and the environment we found ourselves in. The whole user experience has always been centered around this one button and that’s it: tracking, safety, sorted. Yes, we are a mobile app who wants to enable digital disconnection, however we always advocate taking your phones out on the water - for the following reasons:

1. Make Memories

Picture the scene, you are out for a long paddle, the sun goes down, you witness an incredible sunset - you are enjoying it with your buddies and/or loved ones. You take a moment to breathe it all in, the motion of the swell, the odd seabird. It is a beautiful place to be. While we live in a world where this is Instagram heaven for many, it is also a special moment for yourself as a paddler. Our phones now have incredible cameras and accessible editing software, they are powerful tools to be used…

This is an excerpt from an article written by David for SUPConnect. You can read the full article here…